Item #6093 Twice So Fair - SIGNED by Barbara Jones. George PEELE.
Twice So Fair - SIGNED by Barbara Jones
Twice So Fair - SIGNED by Barbara Jones

Twice So Fair - SIGNED by Barbara Jones

(Leicester): (The Offcut Press), (1970). Barbara Jones and Paul Peter Piech. First thus. Sewn stiff paper wraps. 12mo. Pp. 7, [2]. Presents lyrics by the Elizabethan playwright and (possible) Shakespeare-collaborator. Illustrated with several Paul Peter Piech linocuts drawn by Barbara Jones. Bound in sewn wraps printed with a linocut title on the front cover. Slight fading to fore-edge of front cover, else Fine. Signed by Jones, Piech and the publishers, Toni Savage and Duine Campbell. Very Good. Item #6093

The brilliance of Barbara Jones, as an artist and scholar, is well known. Less known is Paul Peter Piech (1920-1996), who was born in Brooklyn to Ukrainian parents. Stationed by the US Army in England during WWII, he moved there to pursue a graphic arts career in advertising. In his free time he operated the Taurus Press, finding expression for his liberal voice while perfecting his idiosyncratic design aesthetic. With work marked by pleasantly harsh lines and distinctive, abrasive imagery, Piech owes more to Erich Heckel and Die Brucke than the mushy rainbows-and-unicorns ethos of the hippie era in which he worked.

That said, he was just as inclined to print the word “Dicktator” above an image of Richard Nixon; his use of Old Glory, positioned sideways to show the stripes as prison bars, prompted a formal protest, 1979, from the American Embassy in London. The recent revival of interest in Piech’s work has created a steady focus on his oeuvre. He has entered the pantheon of worthy printer-designers of his era.

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Price: $50.00

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